SOAR LIKE AN EAGLE, RIDE THE WORD
I was waiting at the trailhead for the rest of the hiking group. It started to sprinkle and was an unusually cold morning for Las Vegas. I saw movement up at the top of the cliffs and got my binoculars focused on one large golden eagle sitting at the edge of the cliff and another circling in the sky. They were getting ready to fly above the oncoming storm. Being above the storm, they cruise along peacefully. If only we could be as smart!
Satan wants to fill us with fear about the future. We can't let him do that. The Lord has already rescued us and made a way for us to rise above like the eagle.
Our God is a good God. That sounds like a no-brainer, but how often have we gotten worried, scared or angry about our circumstances and felt our present situation and our future looks pretty dim?
I got somewhat worried a few years ago when Las Vegas wasn’t building, and painters like me didn’t have jobs. When this happened before, I did a lot of side jobs, but people were being tight with their money and didn’t want to pay for extra projects. Besides that, I was caring for a sick friend, so I had extra expenses. Things were going downhill financially. It hit me like a brick wall, but friends and family helped and I cut way back on my spending, cutting my bills down, etc. It didn’t hurt me a bit.
I was glad to experience what I did. The Lord showed me how to cruise through, one event at a time. My low financial state took me to new heights spiritually.
I met some of the greatest and most loving people in the most unexpected places—places I’d never even thought of visiting before. The Lord was showing me a wealth of blessings and only a small part of it had to do with money prosperity.
In the last several years there has been so much teaching about financial prosperity that many Christians felt ashamed if they didn’t become rich like the church leaders and others who followed those leaders. I’ve come to believe their teaching led many in the wrong direction.
The Bible says, “They shall not be ashamed in the evil time; and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied” (Ps 37:19 KJV). The NIV reads: “In times of disaster they will not wither; in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.” And in the NAS: “They will not be ashamed in the time of evil, and in the days of famine they will have abundance.” That abundance is not just referring to money. If we truly trust God and his son Jesus Christ, we have everything because the Bible promises “My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4:19).
I was financially poor a few years ago, and yet with God, I soared like an eagle above the storm because I learned to ride the Word. What I received spiritually and in my soul was wonderful and worth so much.
No matter what our situations may look like and no matter what frustration we may suffer, we can’t let fear lock us into bad times. We “seek those things that are above . . . and set our affection on things above, not on things on the earth” (Col 3:1-2). Our God is a good God and will always provide a way for us to rise like the eagle above any storm. And even if we don’t get out of it in time and are encircled by a storm, physically or emotionally, we trust in the Lord and are assured that the storm will pass and we will rise again.
Isaiah 40:31 “But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”
Love, Carolyn
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